NYSE:BKU - BankUnited Stock Price, Forecast & News

BankUnited's stock was trading at $25.35 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BKU stock has decreased by 23.7% and is now trading at $19.35. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankUnited in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for BankUnited.

BankUnited is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for BankUnited.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) announced its earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.20. The financial services provider earned $223.07 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $220.60 million. BankUnited had a net margin of 21.91% and a return on equity of 10.72%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.59 earnings per share. View BankUnited's earnings history.

BankUnited announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Thursday, April 30th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 13th. This is a positive change from BankUnited's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. View BankUnited's dividend history.

7 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for BankUnited's shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect BankUnited's share price to reach $36.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 90.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for BankUnited.

Media stories about BKU stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BankUnited earned a daily sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutBankUnited.

BankUnited saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 2,489,000 shares, an increase of 19.1% from the February 27th total of 2,090,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 729,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.4 days. Approximately 2.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View BankUnited's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BankUnited investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), AT&T (T), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Intel (INTC), Boeing (BA), General Motors (GM), IBM (IBM) and KeyCorp (KEY).

BankUnited trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKU."

BankUnited's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.58%), FMR LLC (4.03%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (3.63%), Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC (3.14%), Jennison Associates LLC (2.79%) and LSV Asset Management (2.38%). Company insiders that own BankUnited stock include Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards, John N Digiacomo, Mark Bagnoli, Rajinder P Singh, Thomas M Cornish and William S Rubenstein. View institutional ownership trends for BankUnited.

BKU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Credit Suisse AG, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Snow Capital Management LP, State Street Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, AJO LP, Stifel Financial Corp, and Douglas Lane & Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold BankUnited company stock in the last year include Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards, and Rajinder P Singh. View insider buying and selling activity for BankUnited.

BKU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Norges Bank, Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., AQR Capital Management LLC, Barclays PLC, and MUFG Securities EMEA plc. Company insiders that have bought BankUnited stock in the last two years include John N Digiacomo, and William S Rubenstein. View insider buying and selling activity for BankUnited.

Shares of BKU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of BKU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.35.

BankUnited has a market capitalization of $1.81 billion and generates $1.43 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $313.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.13 on an earnings per share basis. BankUnited employs 1,511 workers across the globe. View additional information about BankUnited.

The official website for BankUnited is http://www.bankunited.com/.

BankUnited's mailing address is 14817 OAK LANE, MIAMI LAKES FL, 33016. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 305-569-2000 or via email at [email protected]